English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners. With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyJohnson and Warner, 1811 - 308 من الصفحات |
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... attention to this part of the subject ; and though the instances of false grammar , under the rules of Syntax , are numerous , it is hoped they will not be found too many , when their variety and usefulness are considered . In a work ...
... attention to this part of the subject ; and though the instances of false grammar , under the rules of Syntax , are numerous , it is hoped they will not be found too many , when their variety and usefulness are considered . In a work ...
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... following sentiments of an eminent and candid writer * on language and composition . “ All that " regards the study of composition , merits the higher * Blair . " attention upon this account , that it is intimately 6 INTRODUCTION .
... following sentiments of an eminent and candid writer * on language and composition . “ All that " regards the study of composition , merits the higher * Blair . " attention upon this account , that it is intimately 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... attention upon this account , that it is intimately con- " nected with the improvement of our intellectual powers , " For I must be allowed to say , that when we are employ- ❝ed after a proper manner , in the study of composition ...
... attention upon this account , that it is intimately con- " nected with the improvement of our intellectual powers , " For I must be allowed to say , that when we are employ- ❝ed after a proper manner , in the study of composition ...
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... attention . The new edition he hopes will be found much improved . The additions , which are very con- siderable , are , chiefly , such as are calculated to expand the learner's views of the subject ; to obviate objections ; and to ...
... attention . The new edition he hopes will be found much improved . The additions , which are very con- siderable , are , chiefly , such as are calculated to expand the learner's views of the subject ; to obviate objections ; and to ...
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... attention , the words wo , woo , beware ; and who reflects that it will not admit the article an before it ; which oo would admit . In some words it is not sounded ; as in answer , sword , wholesome it is always silent be- fore r ; as ...
... attention , the words wo , woo , beware ; and who reflects that it will not admit the article an before it ; which oo would admit . In some words it is not sounded ; as in answer , sword , wholesome it is always silent be- fore r ; as ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong Dissyllable distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed Grammar grammarians hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun object observations participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render respect SECT sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood tence termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trisyllables Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise writing
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الصفحة 228 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
الصفحة 299 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
الصفحة 155 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
الصفحة 294 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
الصفحة 299 - The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
الصفحة 237 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
الصفحة 254 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
الصفحة 302 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
الصفحة 237 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro...
الصفحة 296 - Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: for I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.